Potter Quotes

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a modest-sized film. I was involved in 'I Am Legend' and 'Yes, Man', but 'Potter' is unique. There'll never be anything like 'Potter' again.

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books.

I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'.

I don't read. I don't like to read 'Harry Potter' or anything like that. It's not my style.

I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

As a kid, I always loved serialized books. It's the reason why people love 'Harry Potter.' Serialization is amazing. It works in television. It works in film and it works in books. Especially when you're a young kid, you get attached to these characters.

I was working on 'Harry Potter' while I was growing up, and the attention it brought me made me feel quite isolated.

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.

I got very carried away with my 'Harry Potter' life and we did have school but I didn't study. I just had fun.

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was.

I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.

Because actually it's really hard to get things made. It takes years. To fight the fights you inevitably have to fight, even when you've produced Harry Potter, you'd better have the commitment and the passion to knock down walls, not take no for an answer.

I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge me as an actor. I want to be an actor - it's my aspiration - so I want to do other films. I want to write something and I want to direct something!

My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don't you?

I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience.

Men find it difficult because I've got so much energy and hardly sleep at night, only four or five hours. I wake up in the early hours and potter around.

After being in Harry Potter, I believe a bit more in magic than I did before.

Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.